Baggage-check carrier.



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BAGGGE CHECK CARRIER.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT ALPHONSO M. GOODWIN, OF SACO, MAINE.

BAGGAGE-CHECK CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,287, dated January16, 1900.

Application iiled March 9,1899. Serial No. 703,328. (No model.)

To all whom it may' cbncern:

Be it known that I, ALrHoNso M. GOOD- WIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Saco, in the county of York and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage-Check Carriers;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in baggage-check carriers, and isdesigned to provide a carrier which may be cheaply constructed,easilyoperated, and afford ample protection to the check.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making a part of thisapplication, Figure lis a perspective View of the carrier. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the' check, both the original and duplicate. Figs. 3 and 4are longitudinal sectional views taken on lines l 1 and 2 2,respectively, of Fig. l; and Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sectionalviews taken on lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 1, saidsectional views, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, showing the checkin the carrier.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts.

The drawings represent a carrier provided with a central area B,substantially equal in extent longitudinally and laterally to the checkand having a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the check. Atthe sides of said lcentral area are an ges C, which overhang somewhatsaid central area, forming grooves D to receive the lateral edges of thecheck and to hold the check in position, and at the ends, one or both,of said area are end abutments which do not overhang said area. Thecheck may be inserted in and removed from the carrier at the top orbottom, as desired, through openings leading out of said grooves. I haveshown it as designed to be inserted and removed from the bottom. Tofacilitate the insertion and removal of the check, I cause the undersurface of the open end of the overhanging flange to incline upwardly,as seen at Gin Figs. 1 and 4, and I' also cut away a portion of the endwall F at eachl extremity adjacent to the lian ges. Said cut-awayportions may be beveled both longitudinally and laterally, as shown atGr in Figs. 1, 4, and 6, to facilitate the removal of the check. Thevertical end wall E protects the upper edge of the check, but may beomitted if desired.

The carrier has an opening I therein at or near the center of thecentral area and may be provided with any convenient means for securingthe carrier to the baggage-as, for eXample,with ahole or slot .I toreceive a strap.

The operation of my improved check-earrier is as follows: To insert thecheck in the carrier, the original, marked K, is detached from theduplicate and the end thereof inserted in the grooves hereinbeforementioned and in said grooves pushed by the hand until the upper end ofthe check strikes against the wall E and the lower end drops into theposition shown, filling the central area of the carrier, as seen inFigs. and 4, and when thus inserted the face of the check issubstantially level with the end walls, against which it abuts. Toremove the check from the carrier, push upon the under side of the'check through the hole I, thus bending the check at the center, eachedge being held by the overhanging flanges until all that portion of thecheck which lies opposite the abutment at the bottom is raised above it.The check can then be forced down, the finger engaging the raisedportion of the check at the top, the extreme edges of the check slidingbetween the ianges and cut-away portions.

The advantages of my improved check-carrierax'e that the check can bereadily inserted in and withdrawn from the carrier, it presents nowherean exposed edge, and it is selflocking in position.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I claim 1. Abaggage-check carrier consisting of a suitable casing having a depressedcentral area substantially equal to the area of the check, a holethrough the casing within said area, grooves at the sides formed byoverhangingflanges and abutments at the ends formed by vertical walls.

2. A baggage-check carrier consisting of a suitable casing havingl adepressed central IOO area substantially equal to the area of the check,a hole through .the casing within said area, grooves at the sides formedby overhanging anges and abutments at the ends formed by vertical walls,one of said vertical walls terminating outside of the grooves formed bysaid overhangng anges.

3. A baggage-check carrier, consisting of a suitable casing having adepressed central area substantially equal to the area of the check, ahole through the casing within the area, lateral grooves formed loyoverhanging flanges, said grooves having open ends, and endretaining-abutments formed by vertical walls, the portion of saidvertical Walls near the flanges being beveled, whereby the in sertionand removal of the cheek through the open end of said grooves isfacilitated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 15 in presence of twowitnesses, this 20th day of February, 1899.

ALPI-IONSO M. GOODWIN.

Witnesses: A

ELGN C. VERRILL, NATHAN CLIFFORD.

